Impact of a mentoring experience on college students' beliefs about early childhood development

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 337-343

  Trepanier Street, Mary ^a   Adler, Martha A ^a   Taylor, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmentally appropriate practice; Mentoring; Teacher beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947174830     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-006-0127-6     Document Type: Review

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